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screenshot from the manga "love thats an understatement". The male lead plays with the heroines hair as he leans forward playfully.

Love, That’s an Understatement

Name: Love, That’s an Understatement
Mangaka: Fuji Momo

Volumes: 5 (Ongoing)
Licensed: Kodansha (Digital and Print)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary:  
Spare eraser? Check. Extra folding umbrella? Check. First aid kit? Check. Cool and collected high school student Risa Amakawa has something in her heavy bag for every situation and the last thing she needs or knows how to ask for is anyone’s help. When she saves a beat-up delinquent in the park one rainy evening, she refuses any sort of repayment.

But it turns out that saving the notorious Zen Ohira buys her the attention of some unsavory characters. As Zen keeps swooping in to help her out of one pickle after another, her feelings about relying on anyone but herself and her feelings toward Zen slowly begin to change. A new romcom from the author of Lovesick Ellie.
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Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 4/5

Opinion: This ones cute. It’s just starting but I really feel like it’s the new generations “Mars“. I don’t know if it will be as deep or as lasting, but it’s geared that way.

The art is ok. Honestly it doesn’t stand out and it’s quite plain. It isn’t in any way bad just not my favourite.

The plot is kinda cute. I love an “opposites attract”. I don’t often fall for the second male lead but I do like his story. It’s still very surface level drama but it feels like there is more to be revealed.

Final Rating: 4/5

Extra: From the mangaka of Love Sick Ellie

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screenshot from the manga kurosaki kun wants me all to himself. A dark haired guy pulls a girl into his arms.

Kurosaki-kun Wants me All to Himself

Name: Kurosaki-kun Wants me All to Himself
Mangaka: Sakurada Reiko
Author: Kanoko

Volumes: 4
Licensed: Mangaplaza
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Slice of Life
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
“I want you, Moka…” There’s a popular guy in class, and he can’t stand the way the other girls look at him. The only girl he wants all for himself… is the plain girl sitting in the seat in front of him?! Moka Asano is your average high school girl, and sitting behind her is Izumi Kurosaki. Kurosaki’s the captain of the soccer team, and is so popular that the neighboring schools have fan clubs for him! The girls always crowd around his desk, so Moka can never get a chance to sit down at her desk in the morning… but everything changes when Moka gets the chance to be close to Kurosaki when they see each other in the old school library. Even though Kurosaki hates being around girls, and tends to give everyone these cold stares, he looks at Moka with a bright smile and asks her “do you wanna date for real?” It’s like he’s a completely different person!

–Manga Updates

Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5

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screenshot from the manga Lets do it Already. The male lead leans over looking at the heroine as he helps her pick something up.

Let’s Do It Already

Name: Let’s Do It Already
Mangaka: Kusaka, Aki

Volumes: 9 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (4 Volumes: Digital (App) / Paperback)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy
Age Group: Everyone

Summary:  
Yuri and Keiichiro have gotten to know each other on their daily commute to their respective high schools. Yuri makes a passionate love confession to Keiichiro, and he feels the same! Yuri rushes in to kiss her new boyfriend, but…!

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Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5

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Screenshot from the manga 2 Oku no Chijou, Kinyuu Ou no Dekiai

2 Oku no Chijou, Kinyuu Ou no Dekiai

Name: 2 Oku no Chijou, Kinyuu Ou no Dekiai (Blind Love for Two Million With the Smitten King of Finance)
Mangaka: Daimaru Sansei

Volumes: 6 Ch (Complete)
Licensed: E-Renta
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Hentai
Age Group: Mature (18+)

Summary:  “I haven’t had enough.” A big finance tycoon penetrates her deeply again and again, making her come sweetly… with every thrust, her love grows stronger. Even though she can’t let him realize how she feels, no matter what… In order to recover her one million inheritance from her mother that an unscrupulous yakuza group has stolen from her, Aoi infiltrated a hostess club. What awaited her when she thought she had successfully gained his trust was a forced purchase of her freedom. That’s when Reio Tatsugami, Aoi’s regular client and the director of Zeus Finance, shows up before her. Shockingly, he declares he will buy her from the yakuza for two million. He makes a proposal to her. “Have sex with me for 5,000 a night to pay back your debt.” Read about the unrequited love on both sides with an ideal man who’s a finance tycoon!

–Manga Updates

Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5

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Screenshot from Nina the Starry Bride. The heroine is smiling.

Nina the Starry Bride

Name: Nina the Starry Bride
Mangaka: Rikachi

Volumes: 15 (Ongoing)
Licensed: Kodansha (Digital and Print)
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Age Group: Everyone

Summary:  
Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess…specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won’t give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another?
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Graphics Rating: 5/5
Plot Rating: 5/5

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